BRAZIL: Three transvestites allege that Brazilian soccer star and AC Milan forward Ronaldo threatened to harm them

Record ID: 184132

  • Title: BRAZIL: Three transvestites allege that Brazilian soccer star and AC Milan forward Ronaldo threatened to harm them
  • Date: 30th April 2008
  • Summary: (W1) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF RONALDO AT SOCCER WITH TEAM
  • Embargoed: 15th May 2008 13:00
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  • Location: Brazil
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVADECP74T3HB54TUEFVV2II2E4Q
  • Story Text: Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday (April 28) they were investigating allegations by three transvestites that Brazilian soccer star and AC Milan forward Ronaldo threatened to harm them after he took them to a motel.
    Police told a news conference they were also looking into an accusation by the 31-year-old player that one of the three men tried to extort 50,000 reais ($29,600) in return for not telling the media about the incident.
    Ronaldo, who is back in his hometown recovering from an injury, left a nightclub in the posh Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood early on Monday with three call girls, only to find out at the motel they were men, authorities said.
    He then offered each of them 1,000 reais ($592) to forget the matter, but only two of them accepted his offer, police said.

    "He says he was very bored with his current life and that he wanted to have some fun," Carlos Augusto Nogueira, chief of the police precinct investigating the incident, told a news conference referring to Ronaldo.
    In a statement, Ronaldo said he was a victim of extortion and would take all possible steps to clear his name, according to the Web site of the Globo television network.
    Representatives for Ronaldo were not immediately available for comment.
    The three-time World Player of the Year suffered a career-threatening knee injury in February in a match against Livorno. Ronaldo suffered a similar injury in his right knee when playing for Inter Milan in 2000.
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